Building the Capacity of Youth Entrepreneurs and Leaders

Young people in the lowest-income communities of northeast Brazil face limited education and employment opportunities.

Grupo de Informtica Comunicao e Ao Local (GIRAL) offers youth from disadvantaged rural communities in the state of Pernambuco Brazil training in communications and enterprise development to generate income.

As part of IAF?s work to support community-led approaches to creating opportunities for youth in Brazil GIRAL is developing an entrepreneurship and leadership training program and providing seed capital for rural youth in Pernambuco to generate income by either starting or growing their microenterprises.

GIRAL also provides young people with leadership opportunities to contribute to the social and economic development of their communities.